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Upgrading my Motorola DROID to CyanogenMod 7

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I rooted my original Motorola DROID to CyanogenMod last year sometime.  It has treated me well, with a lot of cool features and apps. However, recently it has been acting up and just became very frustrating. After seeing CM7 perform on my Nook , I figured it was time to upgrade. I went and downloaded the latest stable version of CM7 for my DROID .  I renamed the file update.zip and placed it on my microSD card in the root directory.  I then placed the card back into my phone and started up the ROM Manager app.  I selected Install ROM from SD Card  and selected update.zip. Now here is where the issues started. I only select Wipe Dalvik Cache and pushed OK .  The phone rebooted and installed the update but then got stuck on the CranogenMod loading screen.  It is the picture of the Android logo on a skateboard, with an arrow circle going round and round.  After about 5 minutes of this, I removed the battery. It turns out I needed to wipe Data and Cache!  So, at this point I ne

Enabling Full Access to Market on Rooted Nook Color

My previous post  was a guide to install Cyanogenmod(CM7) on a Nook Color.  At first glance, these steps worked perfectly and nothing was wrong. However, it soon became clear that I did not have full access to all Apps in the Google Market.  I first noticed Facebook showed up in the Market but did not have a button to Install.  I also found out that other apps, including Angry Birds, wouldn't install in CM7 on my Nook. This was annoying and confusing, but I figured it must be some strange issue with the fresh install and maybe after a few reboots and data\cache clears this issue would go away.  Well this was not the case, and the final straw was when I noticed Google Books wouldn't install for me.  This was one of the main reason I made the jump to a 7" tablet, outside of the sub $200 price of coarse.  I wanted a full functional tablet but also a better way to read my Google Books. After some research, I found that this is a fairly recent issue for rooted Nooks.  It is

Creating a CyanogenMod Bootable SD for Nook Color

I have been waiting a while for a sub $200 tablet that isn't complete junk. I came across a few blog postings mentioning the refurbished Nook Color, currently selling for $179 shipped at Buy.com . While the Nook is sold as an eReader, it can easily be rooted enabling a full Android install. In fact, you can even create bootable SD cards to run custom mods. This leaves the delivered Nook software installed on the internal memory and leaves your warranty intact. This past week I purchased a Nook and a 32gb microSDHC card . I played around with the Nook software for about 10 minutes, then decided it was time for  CyanogenMod (CM7)! I have this installed on my phone and I really think it is hands down the best custom Android mod. Below are the steps I took to create my bootable SD card for the Nook. Keep in mind these instructions are for Windows users. Create a directory on your local machine to download some install files to. Download the latest stable version of CM7 and Google

String Manipulation in PeopleCode

Here are a few examples of string manipulation in PeopleCode. I will try to update this post with more examples if I think of more situations. Number to String This will convert a number variable to a string. This may be helpful with specific formatting or string concatenation.  For more details check out this entry in  PeopleBooks . Substring This will take a substring of a larger string.

Simple PeopleCode Examples

Here are a few quick and easy examples of often used PeopleCode.  This quick reference is helpful because some of this syntax can be easily forgotten. Application Package Function SQL Class